Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 200710341 - Employee injured when struck by falling work platform
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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300515806 | 01/20/1998 | 1542 | 0 | Gypsum Floors Of Texas, Inc. |
Abstract: Employee #1 was repairing a concrete pump at the site of a new hotel. Nearby, an electrical contractor and a coworker were installing electric lighting from a wooden box on the forks of an extensible telescoping forklift boom. The forklift boom was extended forward of the cab to its maximum reach, as was the auxiliary, the boom base which slides from the rear to the front of the truck section. This resulted in a boom angle of approximately 30 degrees above horizontal. The boom was extended over the malfunctioning pump that Employee #1 was trying to repair when the forklift tipped forward and the box with the two electrical workers fell approximately 20 ft. The box struck Employee #1 on the head and knocked him to the ground. He sustained injuries, for which he was hospitalized. The forklift boom came to rest on top of the pump water tank and a hose reel, leaving the box suspended approximately 3 ft above Employee #1. The two workers inside the box were not injured.
End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
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Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 4 |
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 300515806 | Hospitalized injury | Concussion | Concrete and terrazzo finishers | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile |